The one disappointment is the aural realisation of the hidden monster, the Morass, whose voice was distorted beyond comprehensibility. It's really rare for BF to have serious problems in this regard - the only other case I can remember was a Bernice Summerfield play, The Poison Seas, which featured Sea Devils so sibilant that their dialogue could not be made out. But it's disappointing when it happens.
Kiss of Death
The one disappointment is the aural realisation of the hidden monster, the Morass, whose voice was distorted beyond comprehensibility. It's really rare for BF to have serious problems in this regard - the only other case I can remember was a Bernice Summerfield play, The Poison Seas, which featured Sea Devils so sibilant that their dialogue could not be made out. But it's disappointing when it happens.
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Samuel Pepys: Plague, Fire, Revolution, ed. Margarette Lincoln
Second paragraph of third chapter ("Samuel Pepys: A Scholar and a Gentleman", by M.E.J. Hughes): The reasons for educational patronage were various.…
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Great Fire of London
From Samuel Pepys' diary: Jane called us up about three in the morning, to tell us of a great fire they saw in the City... So I made myself ready…
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Poppies, St Paul's and Pepys
I had most of yesterday morning free in London, and decided to try a commemoration of everyone's favourite blogger, Samuel Pepys. Insufficiently…
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